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The responses of 361 college students to the Jenkins Activity Survey and a self-report sleep questionnaire were used to demonstrate an inverse relationship between normal habitual sleep duration and level of Type A behavior. The possibility that patterns of sleep may be implicated in the development of Type A behavior in some individuals was considered.
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We are grateful to David C. Glass for providing a copy of the JAS and the scoring key, to Signe Gary for her help in preparing the manuscript, and to the San Jose State University Foundation for providing funds for this research.
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Hicks, R.A., Pellegrini, R.J., Martin, S. et al. Type A behavior and normal habitual sleep duration. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 14, 185–186 (1979). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329439
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